Friday, October 29, 2010
When I multiply 2 fractions...
When I multiply 2 fractions, their product comes out less than each of the original fractions....why?
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
using #-lines to add or subtract integers!
When the #'s get either too big or too small, how do I use #-line to add or subtract? somebody help me!
Friday, July 30, 2010
After 11Tools : Reflections
Knowledge is POWER. Shared knowledge is powerful. I find the Wikis the most exciting tool if properly used. The Internet and all the various digital devices of the 21st century has empowered the 21st century learner in an unprecedented way. In the same vein, the potential to kill and or render useless, is equally high if the use is not matched with equal sense of responsibility. In this regard, I have the following concerns:
a) Inappropriate behaviors: freedom or abuse of freedom
b) Protection of personal data
c) Overuse of the Internet
d) Use for illegal purposes
e) Internet friendship
f) Spam
g) Obscene materials
h) Use of pirated materials, to name a few.
a) Inappropriate behaviors: freedom or abuse of freedom
b) Protection of personal data
c) Overuse of the Internet
d) Use for illegal purposes
e) Internet friendship
f) Spam
g) Obscene materials
h) Use of pirated materials, to name a few.
11Tools #11: Digital Citizenship
The 3 top priorities for helping students develop good digital citizenship:
1)Consider the digital environment as an extension of the classroom:
Teach them the classroom expectations and repeatedly too. What is not allowed in the classroom is, by extension, not allowed on the cyberspace.
2)Morality/ethics
Morality means doing the right things even when no one is watching. The Rotarian's 4-way test sums it all - a) Is it the truth?
b) Is it fair to all concerned?
c) Will it build goodwill and better friendship?
d) Is it beneficial to all concerned?
3) Safety and Security (be cybersmart!)
Teach them not to expose too many personal things about themselves or others. Empower the students to think critically and make informed choices about how they live and treat others in a digital world. Teach topics topics such as privacy, social media, cyberbullying, and creativity/self-expression during advisory lessons.
1)Consider the digital environment as an extension of the classroom:
Teach them the classroom expectations and repeatedly too. What is not allowed in the classroom is, by extension, not allowed on the cyberspace.
2)Morality/ethics
Morality means doing the right things even when no one is watching. The Rotarian's 4-way test sums it all - a) Is it the truth?
b) Is it fair to all concerned?
c) Will it build goodwill and better friendship?
d) Is it beneficial to all concerned?
3) Safety and Security (be cybersmart!)
Teach them not to expose too many personal things about themselves or others. Empower the students to think critically and make informed choices about how they live and treat others in a digital world. Teach topics topics such as privacy, social media, cyberbullying, and creativity/self-expression during advisory lessons.
11Tools #10: Exploring Mobile Technology & Apps.
The digitized world is changing per second per second - itouch, iphone, ipod, and ipad - unbelievable! Its a digital revolution that has hugely impacted how students and teachers learn. This is like 'drive-through-learning' or 'learning-on-the-go'. The world of education is fast changing, one pocket app and a set of earbugs we take learning on the go!
The potential is huge. The itouch can be used for vocabulary flashcards. Drill and practice, although considered lower-level on the Bloom's Taxonomy, nevertheless are crucial for student retention of facts. Research shows that students' recall and memory will be increased when visuals are added to the memory-creating process. When recall is required for student learning, we can encourage them to use the i-devices to practice by creating flashcards.
Even more effective than students practicing the iTouch flashcards is allowing students to build flashcard sets of their own. Fellow students can exchange iTouch flashcards and learn from one another, while they rarely need to review the flashcards that they, themselves have made.
iphone, ipod, ipad, itouch - all touching student life in the classroom! Amazing!
The potential is huge. The itouch can be used for vocabulary flashcards. Drill and practice, although considered lower-level on the Bloom's Taxonomy, nevertheless are crucial for student retention of facts. Research shows that students' recall and memory will be increased when visuals are added to the memory-creating process. When recall is required for student learning, we can encourage them to use the i-devices to practice by creating flashcards.
Even more effective than students practicing the iTouch flashcards is allowing students to build flashcard sets of their own. Fellow students can exchange iTouch flashcards and learn from one another, while they rarely need to review the flashcards that they, themselves have made.
iphone, ipod, ipad, itouch - all touching student life in the classroom! Amazing!
11Tools #9:Sharing Information through Jing & Skype
Kids like to work with things that are interactive - video games, itouch, etc. These two tools, Jing & Skype, provide an amazing platform for collaborative learning. They appear to be tailor-made for WAIS. With these tools we can become all the more international in outreach. Our kids can work collaboratively with kids in the other parts of the globe. It is awesome!
These tools can be developed to offer an active interaction among pupils and educator, supporting an effective learning as well as developing the four main skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
I hope that someday, we will find ways to interface them with activeboards so that educators and students can open and see the same lessons delivered on the activeboard. They can point out specific areas, write notes, highlight texts, and erase annotations as they were together in a presential classroom.
These tools can be developed to offer an active interaction among pupils and educator, supporting an effective learning as well as developing the four main skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.
I hope that someday, we will find ways to interface them with activeboards so that educators and students can open and see the same lessons delivered on the activeboard. They can point out specific areas, write notes, highlight texts, and erase annotations as they were together in a presential classroom.
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